EditorialA Turkoman soldier with sword and bow facing a Kurd soldier with club and shield. In the background is the Hagia Sophia Orthodox church in Instanbul. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Ab...
EditorialA Turkoman soldier with sword and bow facing a Kurd soldier with club and shield. In the background is the Hagia Sophia Orthodox church in Instanbul. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Ab...
EditorialChapan or Khalat (Man?s Outer Robe), 19th century, Probably Central Asia, possibly Turkmenistan, Turkoman, Central Asia, Silk, warp-resist dyed (ikat) plain weave, center front and hem faced with cotton, machine embroidered with cotton in straight stit...
Editorial"The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians in the manuscript of Shahnama of Firdawsi. , c. 1482. Iran, Shiraz, Turkoman Period, 15th century. Opaque watercolor, ink, and gold on paper; image: 14....
EditorialNushirwan Sends Mihran Sitad to Fetch the Daughter of the King of China (Recto); The Forty-Eighth Year of Nushirwan's Reign. The Combat of the Khaqan of China with the Haithalians (Verso) , c. 1482. Iran, Shiraz, Turkoman Period, 15th century. Opaque w...
Editorial'Head of Goklan Turkoman and his family'. Watson Collection: Album of snapshot views in Persia and Central Persia. 1903-10. Prints 252-266 Views in Asterabad District and border towns, including Persian villages. Source: Photo 851/3/243.
Editorial'Mahomed Gildi, head of the Goklan Turkoman, and his wives'. Watson Collection: Album of snapshot views in Persia. [Snapshot views in Persia and Central Asia.]. 1903-10. Prints 252-266 Views in Asterabad District and border towns, including Persian vil...
EditorialTurkoman Prisoner, ca. 1610, Attributed to Iran, Isfahan, Ink and transparent watercolor on paper, H. 14 1/16 in. (35.7 cm), Codices, Numerous paintings and drawings of a Turkman prisoner with his hand and head in a type of stock, known as a 'palahang'...
EditorialTurban Helmet, 1478?ca. 1490, Turkish or Iranian, Steel, iron, silver, H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); D. 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm); Wt. 3 lb. (1372 g), Helmets, This turban helmet is inscribed with the name of the sultan Ya'qub of the Aq Quyunl...
EditorialA Turkoman soldier with sword and bow facing a Kurd soldier with club and shield. In the background is the Hagia Sophia Orthodox church in Instanbul. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Ab...